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TIL Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was paid only 800 rubles for 'Swan Lake.' The ballet was based on King Ludwig II's life which Russians disliked and also called it "unimaginative" and "unmemorable." Swan Lake was a failure during Tchaikovsky's lifetime.

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R5aN4 TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”
mx8Qo TIL Bed Bugs almost went extinct. Before governments started banning it, DDT insecticide was the best bed bug killer available. It drove their numbers down to near extinction. Over time, populations of Bed Bugs began developing DDT resistance. Even if we started using DDT again, they're now immune.
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pM5N TIL: In 2001, John Hopoate was suspended from Rugby for twelve weeks because he “had been inserting his fingers into the backsides of several players”
rgQM TIL: Marie Antoinette’s last words were, “Pardon me, sir. I meant not to do it”. It was an apology to the executioner for accidentally stepping on his foot on her way to the guillotine.